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We filtered the 41 games similar to 20 Minutes Till Dawn down to the 17 that fit the “PlayStation” category. The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth, Enter the Gungeon and Nuclear Throne top the list, ranked by affinity and similarity score to 20 Minutes Till Dawn.

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Within the “PlayStation” category, the closest game to 20 Minutes Till Dawn is The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth — scoring 80/100 on our similarity scale. Enter the Gungeon and Nuclear Throne follow close behind.

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The best games like 20 Minutes Till Dawn on PlayStation

17 similar games foundUpdated May 2026

Handpicked by our similarity algorithm, these are the titles with the highest gameplay match to 20 Minutes Till Dawn. Each one has been evaluated across 19 real attributes — from combat style and progression mechanics to world structure and visual perspective — so every recommendation is based on how the game actually plays, not just its genre label.

#1The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeRangedDarkHardcoreProceduralHorrorFantasyIsometricPixel Art
Steam👍 97%· 392KRAWG👍 87%· 1.2KMC86IGDB95· 2OC87· 27
Year 2014Dev NicalisPlaytime ~31hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Its own twist: puzzle design, strong narrative focus and combat magic, while skipping survival mechanics

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is a remake of The Binding of Isaac. The plot is based on a biblical story. Little Isaac and his mother live happily in a small house on the hill. And suddenly the mother heard a voice, which told her that her son is defiled by sins and must be saved.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: game mode.

It predates 20 Minutes Till Dawn by 8 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Setting100World100Combat82Tone76Visuals66
#2Enter the Gungeon
Enter the Gungeon
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreProceduralFantasyIsometricPixel ArtTop-Down
Steam👍 95%· 89KRAWG👍 82%· 1.1KMC84IGDB83· 13OC84· 79
Year 2016Dev Dodge Roll · Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings cozy, relaxing feel, multiplayer gameplay and co op, while skipping survival mechanics

Enter the Gungeon is a twin-stick roguelike shooter. The game takes place in a planet inhabited by living bullets. You play as one of six adventurers trying entering a considerable fortress to find a gun that can destroy one’s past. The gameplay represents a mix of bullet-hell and dungeon crawler.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: game mode.

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals96Tone57Setting54
Nuclear Throne
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeRangedHardcoreProceduralPixel ArtIsometricTop-Down
Steam👍 96%· 20KRAWG👍 83%· 301IGDB84· 4OC86· 24
Year 2015Dev VlambeerPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Its own twist: setting scifi, post-apocalyptic world and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping survival mechanics

Nuclear Throne is a top-down roguelike shooter, set in a post-apocalyptic universe. ###Plot and features The game has a sole objective: to reach the famed Nuclear Throne. The player controls one of the many mutated characters.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: setting and game mode.

Genre100Combat100World100Visuals96Tone56Game mode28
Returnal
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeHardcoreDarkProceduralHorror
Steam👍 81%· 10KIGDB90· 19OC86· 201
Year 2021Dev Housemarque · Sony Interactive EntertainmentOn PC · PS5

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Stands apart with third-person shooting, action RPG combat and strong narrative focus, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals and game mode.

Genre100World100Tone75Combat58Setting41Game mode23
#5Downwell
Downwell
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeRangedHardcoreCasualProceduralFantasyPixel Art
Steam👍 97%· 8.5KRAWG👍 76%· 457MC81IGDB78· 8OC83· 44
Year 2015Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~2hOn PC · PS · iOS

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: precision platforming, setting scifi and visual 2d, while skipping survival mechanics

This is a procedurally generated rogue-lite, that lets players to explore the depths of a well. Taking a role of Welltaro, local curious man, players will drop down the well to kill monsters and collect the treasure.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: setting and visuals.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100World100Tone85Setting43
Ruiner
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeDarkHardcoreIsometricTop-Down
Steam👍 89%· 12KIGDB76· 12OC77· 88
Year 2017Dev Reikon Games · Devolver DigitalOn PS4 · Linux · PC

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Its own twist: action RPG combat, strong narrative focus and setting cyberpunk, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: setting.

Genre100Game mode100Visuals77Tone71Combat54Setting0
Cuphead
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreFantasyIsometric
Steam👍 96%· 209KRAWG👍 91%· 2.0KMC87IGDB87· 17OC88· 214
Year 2017Dev Studio MDHR · StudioMDHR EntertainmentPlaytime ~6hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, action RPG combat and combat magic, while skipping survival mechanics

Hand-drawn 2D platformer in the style of 30s cartoons. 2D Dark Souls as the fans refer to the difficulty of this one. It took developers 6 years to create and polish their magnum opus. Cuphead is a classic run and gun adventure that heavily emphasizes on boss battles.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: game mode and visuals.

Genre100Combat82Tone60Setting33Visuals31Game mode25
Doom
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeDarkHardcoreHorror
Steam👍 96%· 218KIGDB87· 28
Year 2016Dev id Software · Bethesda SoftworksOn PS4 · PC · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and roguelike runs

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus, setting scifi and multiplayer gameplay, while skipping survival mechanics

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Tone74Setting57Combat56Game mode35Visuals0
Neon White
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloRangedMeleeHardcoreFantasy
Steam👍 98%· 20KRAWG👍 91%· 245MC88IGDB89· 6OC89· 81
Year 2022Dev Ben Esposito · Annapurna InteractivePlaytime ~7hOn PC · PS · Nintendo

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with precision platforming, visual novel storytelling and card game strategy, while skipping survival mechanics

A first-person speedrunning game disguised as a shooter: every level is a short, restart-instantly puzzle where guns double as movement abilities and the real opponent is the leaderboard. The card-as-movement idea is genuinely original. The anime visual-novel dialogue between levels is the sticking point — a large share of otherwise positive players describe skipping it outright.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals and setting.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Tone50Setting35Visuals0
BioShock Infinite
ShooterFPS
SoloMeleeRangedDarkHorrorFantasy
Steam👍 93%· 144KIGDB93· 14
Year 2013Dev Irrational Games · 2K GamesOn PlayStation 3 · Linux · PC

✓ Shared with 20 Minutes Till Dawn: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with strong narrative focus, setting scifi and historical setting, while skipping survival mechanics

Columbia is the achievement — one of the most striking settings of its generation, with skyline traversal that gives fights genuine verticality. Elizabeth is well handled as a companion. Combat is narrower than the first BioShock: two weapons at a time, fewer environmental options, and the plasmid experimentation is largely gone.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals and tone.

It predates 20 Minutes Till Dawn by 9 years, with what that implies technically.

Combat100Game mode100Genre75Setting66Tone31Visuals0
Ultimate Chicken Horse
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeCasualHardcoreMultiplayer
Steam👍 96%· 52KRAWG👍 89%· 228IGDB79· 5OC79· 23
Year 2016Dev NVIDIA Lightspeed Studios · Clever Endeavour GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, racing gameplay and competitive edge, while skipping survival mechanics

Ever wish you were a wall-jumping, arrow-dodging, trap-setting horse, besting your animal pals in a race through a peril-laden obstacle course that you all built together? Wish Granted! Ultimate Chicken Horse is a party platformer where you and your friends build the level as you play, placing deadly traps before trying to reach the end of the level.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals and game mode.

Genre100Tone65Combat47Game mode15Visuals0
STAR WARS Dark Forces (Classic, 1995)
ShooterFPS
SoloRangedMeleePixel ArtSci-Fi
Steam👍 89%· 3.1KRAWG👍 68%· 261IGDB66· 3
Year 1995Dev Sony Interactive Entertainment · Disney InteractivePlaytime ~1hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Shared with 20 Minutes Till Dawn: shooter, first-person shooting and adventure storytelling

≠ Stands apart with setting scifi and visual first person, while skipping survival mechanics

STAR WARS - Dark Forces uses the Jedi game engine which was developed for this game exclusively. At the time the game presented new features of first person shooter genre, one of which is the ability to look up and down and also it presented the new approach to level design with multiple floors.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: setting and visuals.

It predates 20 Minutes Till Dawn by 27 years, with what that implies technically.

Combat100Game mode100Genre75Visuals31Setting0
Hotline Miami
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeRangedDarkHardcoreIsometricPixel ArtTop-Down
Steam👍 97%· 122KRAWG👍 90%· 2.6KMC85IGDB86· 10
Year 2012Dev Devolver DigitalPlaytime ~5hOn PC · PS · Xbox

✓ Both are arena shooters — sharing shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings puzzle design, strong narrative focus and visual 2d, while skipping survival mechanics

Several chapters of top-down shooter action, Hotline Miami is a violent game, where the player takes control of the unnamed man, that receives orders to clear out stages from bandits and mobsters, using every weapon he can get.

It predates 20 Minutes Till Dawn by 10 years, with what that implies technically.

Genre100Combat100Game mode100Visuals96Tone75
DEADBOLT
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeRangedDarkHardcoreHorrorPixel Art
Steam👍 96%· 5.6KRAWG👍 84%· 90MC76IGDB75· 2
Year 2016Dev Hopoo GamesPlaytime ~4hOn PC · PS · Apple Macintosh

✓ Same family of arena shooters: shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings precision platforming, strong narrative focus and stealth mechanics, while skipping survival mechanics

DEADBOLT is an extremely challenging stealth-action hybrid that allows you to take control of the reaper to quell the recent undead uprising. Play and complete missions given to you by the mysterious fireplace as you become the avatar of death.

Where it drifts furthest from 20 Minutes Till Dawn: visuals.

Genre100Game mode100Tone70Setting67Combat64Visuals45
Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number
ShooterFPSArena FPS
SoloMeleeDarkHardcorePixel ArtIsometricTop-Down
Steam👍 94%· 78KIGDB71· 13OC74· 70
Year 2015Dev Dennaton Games · Devolver DigitalOn Xbox · PlayStation 3 · PS4

✓ Fits the arena shooters cluster, with shooter, first-person shooting and dark, oppressive atmosphere

≠ Where it differs: brings strong narrative focus and visual 2d, while skipping survival mechanics

Genre100Game mode100Visuals95Tone74Combat54

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